On October 10 local time, Premier Li Keqiang and Chancellor Angela Merkel co-chaired the third round of China-Germany inter-governmental consultations in Berlin. Both sides said that China-Germany all-round strategic partnership will be conducive to enhancing political mutual trust, and that both sides are willing to further expand the bilateral relations in a spirit of partnership featuring equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit. In the Action Outline for China-Germany Cooperation jointly issued after the consultations, the two sides stressed regarding each other as strategic partners and decided to conduct closer cooperation.

As for specific measures, the two sides decided to deepen communication and cooperation in the fields of diplomacy and security policy, announcing that the China-Germany diplomatic and security strategic dialogue will be launched in the first half of the year 2015, and that they will continue to maintain China-Germany defense strategy consultations and the work dialogue between the Ministries of National Defense; discuss and progressively conduct the peacekeeping cooperation under the framework of the United Nations, and actively promote the bilateral and multilateral anti-piracy cooperation and related maritime exercises; and continue to deepen anti-terrorism cooperation and internet security communication. Besides, the two sides will also strengthen communication and cooperation in the field of law, and has decided to accelerate the promotion of China-Germany negotiations on the treaty on judicial assistance in criminal matters.